Improved folding ohaie



CLAUDIIIS O. COLLIGNON AND NICHOLAS COLLIGNON, CF CLOSTLR, NEW` JERSEY.

Letters Patent 'No. 82,494, dated September 29, 1868.

IMPROVED FOLDING CHAIR.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, CLAUDIUs O. COLLIGNON and NICHOLAS GoLLIGNoN,of`C1oste1-, in the county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a. new and useful Improvement in Folding Chairs; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in folding chairs, whereby theyare made more durable and substantial than those heretofore known. I'

And the invention consists in the construction and arrangement ofparts', as hereinafter described, but: more particular reference to theuse of a brace, which is so arranged that, while it may act as a backleg to the chair, it is a supporter to the front part of the seat.

Figure l represents aside elevation, showing the construction of thechair.

Figure 2 is a front view. p v

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. y

A represents the principal stands or supports ofthe chair. They forrnthefront legs and back, and are the principal supports of the seat.

B is the seat, which is attached to the stands A by pivots, as seen ata.

C represents the back legs. These legs are hinged to the stands A, asseen in the drawing, at d.

E represents braces, which are hinged to the front part of the seat, asseen at f, at one end, and jointed to the back leg by a pin at the otherend, as seen at g. i

The braces have a slot, 7L, in their outsides, and the stand A isprovided with pins, z', which work in the slots as the chair is folded.l l

With the parts thus arranged, it will be seen that by raising the seat,the chair will fold together so as to occupy a space but little largerthan the stand A alone. The side-pins of the scat may extend back, so asto bear upon the cross-round J, and be supported thereby, if desired,but itis not deemed important.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination and arrangement ofthe' standA, scat B, back leg C, and brace E, constructed substantially asdescribed, and for the purposes set forth;

The above-specificationof our invention signed by us, this 22d day ofJuly, 1.868.

' CLAUDIUS O. COLLIGNON,

NICHOLAS COLLIGNON.

Witnesses:

WM. DEAN OVERELL, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

